Fast-rising Nigeria singer Divine Ikubor better known in music circles as Rema has revealed how the #EndSARS protests against police brutality and bad governance in Nigeria affected his mental state.
The singer who opened up in an interview with CLASHMUSIC during a Zoom call recalled the distinct feeling of despair he felt performing some of his new songs at shows outside Nigeria as last year’s momentous #EndSARS protests began to take shape.
“It was deeply troubling for me,” he admits;”I was happy to be doing shows but seeing how young people were suffering despite the protests affected my mental state,” Rema adds. “This is something we have all faced, so I could relate to it all.”
It was a brief glimpse at one of the personal traumas that litter the life of the ascendant superstar, even if that’s not something he’d necessarily want to get into, instead choosing to guide the conversation back to his music and the potentiality of it to heal. “My best therapy is music,” he explains. “Whatever way I feel with life, I let the music speak for me because I can feel free”
